? * TT VOL. If. NO. 16. ( CAMDEN, S.C., THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1005. Sl.SO Per Year DEATH OF W. MIKE Wealthy HiMwiMiipht hues A way M if Years iH hurt *A0 Of AMERICAN THACCO CM, / the Pounder of the Dwk? Branch of Th# Aiwrloii Tobacco Comport/ Woo at Durham la the Mth Yoor of Hlo Ago?Olio Throa Mm and Othor Relative. Woro Present Whon ftho End Caarto. V Durham, N. C.. Speclel.?Wesblngton l>uke. founder of the Duke branch of the American Tobacco Company, father of J. B. Duke, president of that com pany. and philanthropist, who directly and Indirectly save more than a mil* lion dollars to Trinity College, ? died Monday afternoon at 2 o'cloek. His death was no surprise. For several weeks he had been doee to death's door. >nd 8unday afternoon began to sink rapidly. All Sunday night It was expected that the next minute would be his last. Monday morning he was weak and sinking. When ho parsed away, his throe sons. B. L., B. N.. and J. B. Duke, with other relatives, were gath ered by his bedside. He woo la the 86th a gloom over the en thro city. Vhrafcgh Mr. Duke sad hlo Influence, thore )u been gjhreqi to Trinity Col a million dollars or more. His fl**t great gift, was when the college wpa moved here In 1891. when he gave llfD.006. Other gifts followed, until hja personal gifts amounted to more than a half-million dollars. His sons and other relatives sdded to these gifts until the smount Is now more than a million dollars. One gift of $180,000 from the decessed, opened the doors of Trinity snd other Stote col leges to women. Bome time ago hw divided a large part of his wealth among his relatives. I* Is learned that the greater part of tfcb wealth went to B. N. and J. B. Dhke. In sddltlOa> to ^thoso gifts, ho gave to esch of his grandchildren, eight or ten In number, $60,000 Practically all factorlee In thia com munity cloaed upon hearing of tho death of Mr. Duke. Other business houses will be closed when the funeral takes place. It is supposed thst the city officials and business men in general will Join to do honor to the man who has done so much for tho town of Dur ham and the 8tate. * SKETCH OF HIS LIFBL .Born on December 20. 1820. Wash ington Duke would have been 85 years of age had he lived until December df this year. He wss the Isst of his Immediate family, which was a large ?me, and spent all his life In this sec tion of the State. He came from New Imgland stock, but his father spent most of his life In this State, the fam ily having been identified with the af fairs of this section since colonial days. The deceased was one of nine chil dren. six hoys and three girls, snd up until he had passed mlddlo life they were people not used to the great lux uries of life brought by wealth, but had to struggle like all of the early aettlers of this State and section, for the material things of life. It was under conditions of this kind that Washington Duke and his brothers snd sisters came Into this life. These ear ly surroundings taught that frugality and developed the strong, positive character and self-reliance that In later llfo made him the great man that he wae. Beginning life with absolutely nothing save a strong character and powerful will; his education being that he learned from nature and between the plow handles on a poor farm In Orange county (now Durham), he re turn*! frota the struggle of the civil War.j to a poverty-stricken section of the country, his only assets being char acter, poverty and a family to support. In the forty years that now Intervene between the present and that strug gle, he has bullded a name that Is known around the world and Accumu lated wealth that he has used to blesls lated wealth that he used to bless and nobler. The Funeral of Mr. Duke. Durham, Special. ? All Durham panned Wednesday to pay honor to tho memory of Washington Duke. All business activity ceased and during the time that the fuipral was on, thousands of people gathered at Main Street Methodist churA^and in that vicinity and at Maplewood Cemetery to pay a last respect to the. memory of the deceased. Never before In the history of Durham has there been auch an outpouring of the cltlsenshlp to pay honor to the memory of man. A conaervatlve estimate Is that 15, 000 people were at the cemetery and along the line followed hy the proces sion. The cemetery and that vicinity was a block of humanity, thousands not being able to get within the hearing of the voices of the speakers. The procession was of such length that almost a half-hour was required for It to pass a given point. All ve hlclea of a public nature and moat of the private conveyances in the city were called Into use arid In addition to these, quite a number of carriages were brought from Raleigh and aaalated in handling the large crowd. All street cars on the traction line gathered In front of the church to carry the throng to the cemetory. The request of the mayor and board of aldermen that Vbelness houses close during the funeral was carried out to the letter. There waa not a business house In the city 106 large or too amall to observe the request and close. All factories and large manufacturing plants, with the baaka and slmllsr is* ftUutloss, closed for ths sptlrs day. it IK? SMUNAtVaPEN or. Mafhaeters Chairman of the Wmo ?*Hy and Or. ?. c. RaM -Tafins. ???waWa, 8. C., BpaclaL?a hi.i y?" h?lty of the Columbia t?yy**.ow* ' *? Interaetlac md ?** totkefoture proapects !fl?k ****** ? bsnrlag on the aaea *drWni)!r5reJ5? dIp**?ra U to the jSSs1^ fcss !henW??^!?^ ,!* ?PP???1 to any *E5 ia S th<> ln*lt?tlony thittLrS ?w?, *""> ?bout 2.0M inSb,! Pslmatto Items. A R p Rk P* u,Dod met ln the local dar ?M^Hn4rUri^t Colu?b|a Tues sssr!^.-?* ?Ss^SSS? Lmly Sfv^A.1^6 ? hlstii ?A .liLe preacher, using tor D 5* ' Am 1 My Brother's KMn^r?" S!r"J" th" ?? n,SJSSr. N r :.I!rter Slmpaou, of Concord. ease 'Th? J>Pe8i J?d W,th arrace ?*?<* Son^?. ?"a,nd?r of the morning n?Sed IS, J? w,th ?>?tlne oon thT?nn^.?? unfln,8hed business, and WHli^S "IS".?. of committees. I>r any ? ?a'L.of Columbia Serni "* y* waB Introduced as a vlsltin* member. The call of Rev. s. J ffi terson, of Steele Creek N C in on to Pcttsvtflo i?t? 9 ? ii?.8"vno<1'which *?nt?d "tSrStaS,!^ 'Ssrsiv'ss* ?"e tiw ?"?I*" 2IL *1 . ? 8t*t? board of dispen ?" dtop,?Mri? ?JSnLunTbfclS Plcken. ini !? t0 determ,ne whether or roniJmi? *k 8e#.al,|> ,t8 ^'"Pcnsarles P them "In their midst." It X.T? ' 0 6,0ct,<>n hang* over in ?h!f? ?f the dispensary advocates Ihinll .m"u7u,n county, where moon Figures obtained In the Comptroller General's office Wednesday regarding the new pension roll just made show n striking relative Increase In the num ber of women pensioners. The net In crease of male pensioners Is only 49, the roll last year embracing 4,882 names and this year 4,811, while the wldowa this year number 3.880, as against 3,682 Inst year, an increase of 198. There is no change In the law as t othe eligibility of pensioners and the Comptroller General's office Is at a loss to understand the difference. At W. B. Rast's basket factory at Swansea Tuesday afternoon, Inea Carter was almost disemboweled while operating a steam augur, which caught In his clothing. It Is thought he will die. At the time of the accident. Car ter was not in the employ of the fac tory, but was Idling about experiment ing. If Jarome Williams, of this State, can he located there Is a sum of money awaiting him In Columbia. Wtl llams enlisted In the Philippines. He filed a claim with the government on account of some special service and' after two years the government, has allowed It. However. Williams can not be located, and the department haa written Mr. W. Boyd Evans, of Columbia, to hunt him up. Wednesday night some one of the clerks or managera of the company store at Arkwrlght Cotton Mill In Spartanburg, discovered that some one was In the store. They opened the door and soon discovered their man. They ordered him to surrender, but he attempted to escape. They fired on him and brought him down. The ball glanced around a rib and It li not believed that the wound Is a very tvrloua one. The bunrtar was a young white man who lives In Spartan burg. TOW THE SOUni BmsckK, Eiprtsics Ms litcatiM WIU all IN TIE EAILV FALL CM?f feMutlv* WIU Vklt M kMt Two North Carolina Polnta and Rk pocta to Tako in All tho States Ha Haa Not Hitherto Visited. Washington, Special.?Just before he reached Washington the President Informed the representative of the three press associations, who went West with him as his guest, that he hoped to make his proposed trip to Georgia this fall, and that he would also visit Arkansas, Louisiana, Flori da and Alabama, the only States that he has not traversed In his capacity as Chief Executive of tho nation. At the same time Mr. Roosevelt declared that this would positively be the last extended trip be will make while In tho White House. Nan Patterson Free. New York, 8pectal?After more than eleven months In prison, and three mistrials on the charge of murdering Caesar Young, Nan Patterson walked from tho Tombs a free woman. As she left the great building which has been her home since a few days after Young was found dying In a cab In lower New York, 2,000 people greeted her - with cheers, for the news that District Attorney Jerome would move for her dismissal from - custody had spread throughout the vicinity of the court house. But the accused girl had but a few seconds to see and hear the demonstration before she was whisked away in a cab with her attorney, Abraham Levy. Details of the Wreck. Hsrrlsburg Special.? Nineteen per sons are known to be dead and more :han 100 others were Injured In the rail road wreck and dynamite explwalos which occurred early Thursday on the Pennsylvania Railroad In the southern part of this city. Thst no more per sons were killed is considered remark ably by the Pennsylvania Railroad of ficials, as a full box car of dynamite exploded directly at the middle of the heavy express train. The list of dead and Injured is as follows: The following is a list of the dead: V. t* Orabbe, Pittsburg. Geo. Zlegler, Pittsburg. Jas. R. Phillips. Pittsburg. Paul Bright, Pittsburg. Mr. Shaw, Pittsburg. J. L. Sllberman, Philadelphia. Mrs. Robert G. Dougherty, Philadel phia. H. B. Thomas, Parkesburg, Pa., en gineer of express train. O. K. Hullman, Altoona, Pa. Norma Martin. 7 months old. Nine unidentified bodies. The Pennsylvania. Railroad officials gave out a list containing the names of 98 persons who were injured and treated at hospitals or eleswhere. The company also gave a list containing the names of 36 persons who were In the wreck and whose injuries are not given. Mill Men Adjourn. Knoxville, Tenn., Special.?With the nnanimous adoption of a report from the committee on the nomination of officers for the coming year, the ninth annual convention of the American Cotton Manufacturers' Association name to a close Thursday afternoon. The officers chosen were: President, R. M. Miller, Jr., Char lotte, N. C.; vice president, Arthur H. Ixiwe, of Fltchburg, Mass., re-elected; secretary-treasurer, C. B. Bryant, of Charlotte, N, C., re-elected; chairman of board of governors, R. R. Ray, of McAdenvllle, N. C., re-elected;, asso ciate governors, R. 8. Relnhardt, of Lincolnton, N. C.; F. H. Remey, of Augusta, Ga.; David Clark, or Char lotte, N. C.; E. A. Smith, of Charlotte, N. C. The next place of meeting was not selected by the convention, but was referred to the board of governors, which will meet within the next sixty days to determine it. New Orleans and i Augusta aro the favorites. Killed Wife and Himself. Valdosta, Oa., Special.? John Hew itt, a white man of Ariel, shot and Kill eri his wife, shot her sister and broth er. wounding them slightly, and when surrounded by a posse of citizens, shot and Instantly killed himself. The cause of the tragedy Is unknown, but It Is known that Hewitt, who had been 1n bari health recently, was once con fined In a sanitarium and for some weeks had not lived with his wife. Flood in Virginia. Roanoke. Special.?A special from Chrlstlansfrurg to the Roanoke Times says: The heaviest flood In the mem ory of the oldest Inhabitants visited this section Wednesday, doing Incal culable damage to everything along the water-courses. Railroad bridges, fen ces, cattle, hogs and fowla were swept away and houses were flooded, which has never been reached before. The gre/it floods of 1901 were much lower than Wednesriay's. The rain came flown In torrents for two hours, begin ning at noon almost without any warn ing. A special from Pulaski says lightn* Ing did great damage to the telephone system there. Northern and Southern Baptists. New York, Special.?Announcement ?was made In this city that a general meeting of both the Northern anri Southern divisions of the Haptint Church will be held at St. IjouIs on May 1? anri 17, wehn the question of organizing a General Convention of the Baptists of North America, Includ ing Canada, will be discussed. The denomination was separated by the flavery question many years ago, iM KWU BAY ? KA? . i> ? fhe Tornado Hrwh Hi* Tewn of 8ny dor at Nl?l?t Mid DM Vhst Damspe. Sapupa. L l|?W~At 11.40 Vclock lfeita?alajr afcht the dis patcher tor tha Fihwf h this city re solved a repoiVtraa Md, O. T.. ad rkh| that a taraada hat ?tmck Sny ler, Okla.. wnckhf the town and dlllng Ire hundred people. among whom was tha atattoa agent of the Frisco at that' towm. The request sae also for assistance. On the ether neighboring i la'belng received strength of the report* toe dispatcher ndored a relief trqig?$iph physicians ? be sent from odmiw, 1. T., and 3uahah, Texas. The Wire between Snyder and Stpnpa ?f Vermont. Lawrence. Kan., Special?A destruc tive wind storm mid down the main street of Lawrence, doing considerable laiasge to buildings! Bvsrett Hall was unroofed, and a large number of plate glass windows were broken by tail and wind. So far as known no x>dy was seriously hurt. The electric light plant was put out of business. . Editor-in-chief. ' w 80,1 tbe papers at Inn *?!" oopy or 11 00 Per dozen. fi??,i i?kU"r? proceeds will go to the fund of the Piedmont Industrial School. $60,000 Fire. Columbia, S. C., Special.?A special to The State from Greenville, nays: "Flro which broke out about 8 o'clock In the millinery department of the largo dry goods establishment of the J. T. Arnold Company comptetely gutted the store. The stock, which Is valued at $60,000, Is almost a complete loss, with about 60 per cent. Insurance. The ori gin of the flrfle is a mystery. Mr. ?alley at Work. Mr. A. 8. Salloy. Jr./the secretary of th? historic commission, Is rapidly getting the records at the Capitol In shape. A meeting of the State House commission will be held on May 12, and the plans submitted by Architect Wilson for the record cases will be accepted, and work on the cases and filing cabinets for the preservation cf the valuable data will be begun at once. ?.r. Sally will use the room adjoining the Secretary of 8tate's office, which Is now used as a clerk room, for the latter. The records are now up stairs, assorted and prepared for the files. There Is a great deal of work ncces sary to get things In shape, 8tat? Hospital For Insane. The work of wiring the Talley build ing at the State Hospital for the In sane is progressing rapidly. The build ing will probably be completed an